United States of America Archives

Reconstruction work occurring in the Barranco del Poyo riverbed, showing a flood recovery project

Governing systemic climate risk: comparative insights on cascades, extreme outcomes, and policy coherence

Journal article / Drawing on policy reviews, surveys and interviews, the research explores challenges in addressing interconnected climate risks across regions and sectors.

26 October 2026 / About Adaptation and Disaster risk

A hand poised to touch a LED screen in London.

New open-source method shows the same AI request emits 8.5 times more CO₂ in Texas than in Sweden

Press release / Berget AI releases an open-source method for calculating carbon emissions of every individual AI request, developed with SEI, WattTime and Klimatkollen.

21 October 2026 / About Adaptation, Business, Finance and Supply chains

Aerial view of a data centre in Newark, California, in the state's San Francisco Bay area.

Assessing environmental justice impacts of California data centre water use

Project / This project uses geospatial analysis and public engagement to determine how data centre siting in California affects vulnerable communities' water security.

2026 / About Participation, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Brooklyn Bridge foregrounding New York City's skyline

SEI at Climate Week NYC 2026

Past event / SEI joins the Climate Week in New York to highlight global leadership and finance solutions for accelerating the transition to net zero industry.

20 September 2026 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster risk

A realty sign stands outside condominiums damaged by Hurricane Michael in 2018 in Mexico Beach, Florida

Existing evidence on the impact of climate risk on real estate valuations: a systematic map

Journal article / This research maps evidence on how physical and transition climate risks affect real estate valuations, drawing on 130 academic and grey literature sources.

22 September 2026 / About Disaster risk, Finance and Land use

Wind turbines line the waterfront at sunset near Woodlawn Beach in upstate New York, in the Buffalo area. The sky is cloudy with dark blue and orange streaks.

Powering equity: addressing energy insecurity in New York through data, modelling and engagement

Project / This project aims to build a comprehensive decision-support toolkit to help planners and policymakers address energy insecurity across New York State.

2026 - 2028 / About Energy access, Household energy, Planning and modelling and Public policy

Coffee plantations in Colombia in harvest months.

Trase brings greater transparency to global coffee supply chains

Feature / Trase identifies the leading coffee trading companies and estimate where traders and markets source coffee from within key coffee-producing countries.

2 September 2026 / About Forests, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply chains

Transmission lines tower over green farmland alongside a rural road beneath a blue sky being overtaken by increasingly dark, gray clouds in the US Midwest.

Determination of ice loading and tornado loading maps for transmission line design

Project / This project aims to provide information on the risk of meteorological hazards that can cause power line disruption.

2026 / About Climate services and Disaster risk

Aerial panoramic view of brown and green farmland beneath a blue, lightly clouded sky near Escalon, San Joaquin County, Central Valley, California

Near real-time land use mapping in California

Project / SEI is creating an automated tool that processes remotely sensed data to determine cropping patterns in agricultural areas in California.

2026 - 2028 / About Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources